FARNBOROUGH: Malaysia Airlines A380 shows up on schedule

Malaysia Airlines' second A380 (MSN81) has arrived at the show to participate in the flying display, a week after the carrier's first superjumbo entered service.

MSN81 landed at Farnborough bang on schedule at 10:30 this morning, and was towed to its position - next to Airbus owner EADS's outside exhibit - by a Schopf 55t tug.

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Three days earlier, an Airbus development A380 had been used to validate the aircraft to display at Farnborough.

The first Malaysia Airlines A380 has been operating on the Kuala Lumpur-London Heathrow route since 1 July. It is configured with 494 seats in a three-class layout: eight first class on the main deck, 66 business on the upper deck, and 420 economy seats split between both decks.